At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She can finally put her high school days as the geeky-girl-with-flop-sweats behind her; she’s graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital, where she’ll have the chance to work with world-famous cardiologist Dr. Gina Beckett – and where, not-so-coincidentally, her med-school crush Will Rider is also an intern. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school? Emily soon finds out the hard way – her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson, is also just starting out at Denver Memorial, and it seems like they’re rivals all over again – not only as surgical interns, but for Will’s attention. Fellow intern Tyra Granger warns Emily that the cliques at Denver Memorial are all too familiar: the jocks have become orthopedic surgeons; the mean girls are in plastics; the rebels are in the ER, and Tyra has her own Awkward place as the principal’s kid – her father is the chief resident. Emily’s the new kid all over again, and it’s just as Awkward as high school. Only this time around, Emily will have to balance the personal and emotional turmoil of social politics with the high-stakes world of life-and-death medical decisions. At least she has fellow intern Tyra and nerdy-but-cute resident Micah, to count on as friends. Emily is growing to realize that although she may be a geek, she may also grow to be a great doctor, flop sweats and all.

Emily's decision about starting a relationship with Micah becomes even more complicated when Will hears about it and begins to feel jealous. Emily and Tyra treat an unruly woman, but after learning of her home hoarding situation, Emily wonders if the woman's personality changes may be caused by her many cats. Now that Cassandra and Will have broken up, Cassandra's strictly professional behavior distracts Will and causes him to misdiagnose their patient. Meanwhile, Micah's sister comes to town after finding out the truth about their mother.

1x13: Emily and... the Leap recap: The episode begins with Emily rehearsing as to what to tell Micah about the kiss; she tells Tyra that it is all very confusing. Tyra thinks that Emily still has feelings for Will. Meanwhile, Cassie is totally cool about the break up and she tells Will that he chose Emily over her. Will says that he did no such thing. She tells him that he did. Will is surprised. Emily says that there could be professional implications in having a relationship with Micah. Just then a woman at the coffee shop faints. Tyra and Emily rush to check on her. The woman is dehydrated and her hands are showing some weird signs. The woman, Mrs. Benoevick, shouts that she does not want to go to the hospital... read more.

1x12: Emily and... the Perfect Storm recap: The episode begins with Emily arriving at the hospital with loads of stuff; she has been on a shopping spree for her new office. Micah meets her at the entrance and once again asks her about being over with Will. She says that she is totally over him. Will and Cassie arrive. Will is surprised by Emily’s strange, new behavior. Cassie is still upset about not getting the research assistant’s job. She also tells Will that she is uncomfortable about his friendship with Emily. Micah and Emily arrive in her new office; it is not at all grand as she imagined. But what the heck! She has an office!.. read more.

1x11: Emily and... the Teapot recap: The episode begins with Tyra and Emily discussing about a fundraiser that is about to take place. Will and Cassie arrive; and they leave quickly after a short chat. Tyra wonders why Emily is so happy. Emily vaguely tells her about a teapot that she saw in one of the books and relates it to her happiness. Tyra thinks that there could be a direct way of telling her the reason as to why she is happy. She tells Tyra that she has learned that Will does have some feelings for her and is sure that Cassie will lash out on Will once she begins to feel threatened. Tyra has never seen her so confident... read more.

1x10: Emily and... the Social Experiment recap: The episode begins with the team have drinks together and Scott arrives. He takes Emily aside and tells her that he screwed up the first time. He says that he liked her but goofed it up. Emily is glad that at least he was honest about the fact that they had nothing in common. Will arrives and tells Scott that Emily is not in to him and asks him to stay off. Emily tells him that he is acting jealous. Will tells her that seeing her with that guy made him realize that he wants her. He kisses her and we hear a beeping sound. Emily wakes up from her dream. Later, Emily tells Tyra that she is sure that Will was jealous... read more.

1x9: Emily and… the Love of Larping recap: The episode begins with Emily’s voiceover telling us that she finds herself in the same rut she was in when in high school; she has a nemesis, a crush and a mean teacher. Some things need to change. Tyra tells her that she needs to get laid. Cassie tells Emily that the fact that she needs to get laid is tattooed on her forehead. Next, Bandari and her interns go to meet their patient, Mrs. Calder. She is a business woman and she is stern towards the stern Bandari and the interns are shocked. She is showing signs of cardiac ischemia and myocardial injuries. They need to run more tests and so she is going to have to stay. Bandari is pissed at that woman... read more.